Former Penthouse Pet Simone Farrow's fall from grace

FORMER Penthouse Pet Simone Farrow has been charged with stealing more than $50,000 from a leading Sydney barrister.

The one-time FHM model appeared in the Downing Centre Local Court yesterday and faced 14 charges including stealing a cheque book from barrister Anthony Renshaw and a Medicare card from Richard Vereker, a friend of murdered businessman Michael McGurk.

Court documents alleged Farrow, who is also known as Simone Cheung, cashed 12 cheques belonging to Mr Renshaw worth $50,301 in Double Bay.

She is also charged with redirecting Mr Renshaw's mail to another address without his consent.

Police also alleged the former Ed Hardy model stole a blank cheque and a Medicare card from Mr Vereker - the father of Trent Vereker, who put up $50,000 bail to have her released from prison over unrelated drugs charges.

Farrow had been living in Mr Renshaw's Double Bay apartment earlier this year when Trent Vereker pledged $50,000 surety for her when she was arrested on drug matters and was forced to ask a Supreme Court judge to get it back when she fled to Queensland in March.

Police documents tendered to the court alleged she stole Mr Renshaw's ANZ chequebook between November 30 and December 1 last year.

Between December 1 and February 6, she is accused of cashing 12 cheques ranging in value from $1563 to $13,990, court documents said.

On March 14 - the day she was extradited from Queensland - police said Farrow was carrying a Medicare card and a blank Commonwealth Bank cheque in the name of Richard Vereker.

Farrow, who works as a model under the name Simone Starr, is facing one count of larceny, 11 counts of using a false document to obtain property, making a misleading statement to an authority and possessing unlawfully obtained goods.

Farrow was last month fined $1000 plus court costs after being found guilty of handing a false doctor's certificate to police in February.

She was ordered by Chief Magistrate Graeme Henson to return to court on December 7 to enter a plea.